Cahyadi graduated with a degree in
civil engineering from the
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology in 1999, and after a 2-year career as a consultant he began working for Surabaya's municipal government in 2001. Both his parents had previously also worked as government officials. By 2011, Cahyadi had been promoted to head the city government's public housing and urban planning department, and in 2018, he was appointed to head the municipal development planning body, in addition to heading the department of sanitation and public spaces. and became a cadre of
PDI-P. Cahyadi, who was endorsed by incumbent mayor
Tri Rismaharini, won the election with over 57 percent of votes. ==References==